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Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will requite him for his deeds.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior;

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit,

so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.

He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire."

while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will.

putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.

Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make expiation for the sins of the people.

but Christ was faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, when you hear his voice,

while it is said, "Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

And to whom did he swear that they should never enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it.

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall never enter my rest,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."

again he sets a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, "Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."